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Born in Toledo, Castile, Ferdinand was the third but second surviving son of King Alfonso VII of León and Castile [1] and Berenguela of Barcelona. [2] His paternal grandparents were Count Raymond of Burgundy and Queen Urraca of León and his maternal grandparents were Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona, and Douce I, Countess of Provence.
In December 1160, Ferdinand II of Leon met with Afonso I of Portugal in Celanova and this meeting seems to have resulted in a pact or alliance between the two monarchs, [6] through the marriage of the king of León with Afonso's daughter, which guaranteed the Leonese king security on his western border while he took care of Castilian issues in ...
In exchange for peace, Ferdinand II committed to marrying Urraca of Portugal, daughter of Afonso I, [23] despite the canonical impediment that made the marriage prohibited by the Catholic Church, as they had the same great-grandfather. [15] From this marriage the future king Afonso IX of León was born. [15] [24]
Ferdinand I the Great King of León 1015-1065 r.1037–1065: Sancha of León?–1067: Sancho Garcés Lord of Uncastillo ≈1038–1083: Alfonso: Alberta: Sancho II the Strong King of León ≈1037-1072 r.1072: Urraca of Zamora 1033/4–1101: Elvira of Toro 1038/9–1101: García II King of Galicia ≈1042-1090 r.1065–1071: Sancho V Ramírez ...
Ferdinand II is the name of: Ferdinand II of León (1132–1188), king from 1157; Fernando II, Duke of Braganza (1430–1483), also known as Ferdinand II (1430–e.1483) Ferdinand II of Aragon (1452–1516), the Catholic, king of Aragon from 1479, of Sicily from 1468; Ferdinand V of Castile 1474–1504 and Ferdinand III of Naples 1504–1516
Two years later, in 1037, he defeated the king of León who died in the battle and, because Fernando was married to the Leonese king's sister, he became king of León and Galicia. For nearly 30 years, until his death in 1065, he ruled over the kingdom of León and the county of Castile as Ferdinand I of León .
After the Spanish Revolution of 1868 deposed Isabella II, while a new monarch was sought, a provisional government and a regency headed by Francisco Serrano y Domínguez from 8 October 1868 until 2 January 1871 was established. Amadeo was elected as king and the new title used was King of Spain, by the Grace of God and will of the nation.
On his death in 1156, Alfonso VII divided his domains under pressure from the Castilian and Galician nobles, [94] bequeathing León and Galicia to his second son, Ferdinand II. Ferdinand, who had been using the title of King of Galicia at least since 1152, [95] had been as a child ward of the influential Count Fernando Peres de Trava, heir and ...